#A99C33#A99C33

#A99C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.124 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C33
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 69.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -7.58, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 54.64, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.026 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.124 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8494, 32.4522, 7.8756)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C33 #3340A9

analogous

#A96133 #A99C33 #7BA933

triadic

#A99C33 #33A99C #9C33A9

tetradic

#A99C33 #33A961 #3340A9 #A9337B

square

#A99C33 #33A961 #3340A9 #A9337B

split-complementary

#A99C33 #337BA9 #6133A9

monochromatic

#4B4517 #7A7125 #A99C33 #CABC4F #D8CE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A99C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A99C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C33

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C33	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.124 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b871',
    500: '#a99c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c33;
$custom-light: #c6b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68461,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C33

secondary

#777FC1

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C33

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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